It is possible to clean the seeds quickly, too, without all that nasty fermentation. I've used Trudi Davidoff's method, and it worked great for me.http://web.archive.org/web/201...

Unfortunately, Trudi's wintersown site was hacked recently, and she's in the process of re-doing it. Now you have to access older material by way of the wayback machine. But, the above link should work.

Very interesting Karen! I will try that next year. I used the fermentation method this year - being somewhat absent minded I forgot about it for a couple of weeks and couldn't figure out why my house smelled so ... musty. Plus the seeds don't lift up in a neat skin when you have to scrub them off the bowl.
Dora